Update on the Girls and their nursery!

At my OB appt last week, my Dr told me I would not be allowed to go longer than 38 weeks, so our girls will be here on March 23rd (or before!)... 7 VERY short weeks from now! I cannot believe how quickly my pregnancy has gone by and how carefree every single minute of it has been so far!

I did have a bit of a hiccup at last weeks appt though. I forgot to have my hemoglobin checked, so I had to go back in on Friday morning for that. They did the check and reported back that my levels had DROPPED to 8.5, which means that I am seriously anemic, almost in the dangerous, dangerous category. I don't know how this is possible because I feel AMAZING ALL OF THE TIME. Honestly, I do! My OB really lectured me, very sternly, and I felt terrible about it! She said I need to try to slow down, cut back at the gym, eat more and she'd like to see me gain about 50 lbs total! What?!?! There is no way I can gain 25 more lbs in such a short time, unless my girls really start packing on weight! I think they are little chunkers, but they're not going to be 8 or 9 lbs each... there is just no way. It'd be amazing, but I'm not that big of a girl, and while I have the torso room for them to grow, I don't have much more room. I can only do the best I can do, so I am trying to eat more iron rich foods, more caloric foods, and at my growth scan next Wednesday, I hope they each weigh about 3.5 lbs.

We have the nursery about 80% complete. All we need now is the unfinished dresser to come in (which was supposed to be delivered yesterday, but due to the blizzard it wasn't). Greg needs to do whatever assembly is required and then paint it. We also bought an unfinished shelf to hang above it, that also needs to be painted and hung... so maybe we are about 75% done, not 80?

I also feel like we don't have enough clothes for them! I received so many things at my shower, and I did return clothing bc we got duplicates, or two of the same outfits, and I am not planning to dress my girls alike every day. So, I have some money on gift cards, but I am scared to buy things, not knowing exactly how much they are going to weigh, what sizes I need, etc... Maybe right before they are born, when I have a better idea I can run out quick and pick up a few things!